Collectivist Rant Against South Carolina Open Carry
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 9 months ago
South Carolina has their collectivists too.
What South Carolina legislators do not need to do is to expand the pervasiveness of guns. Already on the books are processes and procedures for citizens who want to be armed to get concealed weapons permits if they want more security.
But is that good enough? Apparently not. Hours after the Atlanta slaughter, South Carolina House members threw caution to the wind and passed a bill that will thrust handguns into the open.
S.C. Rep. Phillip Lowe, R-Florence, actually had the gall to say on the House floor this week that open carry was needed because of South Carolina’s heat. Opening his jacket at the podium, he said when someone with a concealed weapons permit was carrying a gun they would violate the permit if they took off the jacket because it was hot … and that’s why open carry was needed.
Really? Was he serious? In my book, if you have a concealed permit and you want to carry, you should put up with a little sweat as the price to pay to feel safe. Guns that are out in the open are much more dangerous than one locked away at home.
And right there in the final paragraph he explains his psychological problem, the one that really requires professional help to ameliorate.
First he explains that he understands that people carry concealed weapons. Then he contrasts that with weapons remaining and locked away at home. You see, to him, if he can’t see it, it doesn’t exist.
This is a mental dysfunction, and he understands that it is, but in order to help himself, he’s willing to sacrifice your liberties. He refers to “my book.” That’s his book of rules for everyone.
And you know what I’ve observed about people who have rules for everybody else. The desire to control others is the signal pathology of the wicked.
On March 20, 2021 at 3:51 am, The Dark Lord said:
the desire to control others is the devil in all of us … its only thru our better angels that it gets suppressed … for those with no better angels its rises to the surface …
On March 20, 2021 at 9:22 am, George 1 said:
One point is that very few real criminals open carry. In fact I am not sure that I have ever heard of a case involving a felon who was open carrying. Most real criminals don’t even use holsters.
On March 20, 2021 at 9:43 am, Ned said:
As usual, the typical logical fallacies from a leftist turd. Open carry in South Carolina (or anywhere) has nothing at all to do with a shooting at massage parlors in Atlanta.
Their arguments are never based on logic.